imports in half and produce more american made energy. well, clean coal, natural gas, wind, solar, biofuels while doubling the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks. host: back to our topic. are you spending more, less, or no change? for those who participated, 24 votes saying they spend more, 43 say spend less. 14 of votes say no change. this is elizabeth. good morning. caller: i would like to tell people the reason we are about the same is because we have always lived below our means. rather than live within your means, live below your means. go to a community college. this is what i had done. have more than one iron in the fire. if you have time, take other courses so that if you lose your job you can get into a another field. i go to estate sales. i saw some of the stuff on the internet. i go to good will. when i came to america adventure 1969, the first thing that struck me was the waist. i still see tons of waste. if you drive around on bulky trashes, people throw stuff away that other countries do not have. refugee camps -- they do not even have a glass of water. i think the p